Quotes with gale-force

Quotes 161 till 180 of 303.

  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Alexander Pope On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Robert Collier One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Anne Sophie Swetchine One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
    Anne Sophie Swetchine
    Russian writer (1782 - 1857)
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  • Bruce Lee One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.
    Striking Thoughts (2000)
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • William Shakespeare Oppose not rage while rage is in its force, but give it way a while and let it waste.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Evelyn Waugh Other nations use ''force''; we Britons alone use ''Might.''
    Evelyn Waugh
    British novelist (1903 - 1966)
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  • Edmund Burke Our patience will achieve more than our force.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Bob Keeshan Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Edmund Burke Patience will achieve more than force.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Colin Powell Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
    Colin Powell
    American elder statesman and four-star general (1937 - 2021)
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  • Mark Twain Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Oscar Wilde Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • William Allen White Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
    William Allen White
    American editor, writer (1868 - 1944)
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  • Ursula K. Le Guin Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the voice of reason, it is playing God, and should be spanked and stood in the corner.
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    American writer of science fiction and fantasy books (1929 - 2018)
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  • Bertrand Russell Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life - there, if one must speak out, the real man.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Ahmet Necdet Sezner Resorting to violence and the use of force at holy sites is unacceptable, whatever the reason might be.
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  • Billy Dee Williams Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed; my first marriage was on the rocks. The role of Gale Sayers had been cast with Lou Gossett, and then he hurt himself playing basketball. I was called in to read for the role. I was their last choice, and I knew it.
    Billy Dee Williams
    American actor, voice actor, and artist (1937 - )
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  • C. Wright Mills S a proportion of the labor force, fewer individuals manipulate things, more handle people and symbols.
    White Collar :The American Middle Classes (1951)
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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